I went to a seat check today

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peteetchou

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• Apr 24, 2009

• #1

I was going to Fred Meyer today and they were having a huge safety fair in the parking lot. They had a seat check going on so I had my seats checked. Woohoo I did great! I don't know very many people who would would get excited about that, so I thought I'd share it with some people who might. The lady from Safekids who did my check thought it was neat that I could tell her the model numbers off the top of my head lol.

 

Simplysomething

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• Apr 24, 2009

• #2

Congrats.



It's a nice feeling, isn't it?

 

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peteetchou

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• Apr 24, 2009

• #3

Yeah, it really is.

 

wendytthomas

Admin - CPST Instructor

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• Apr 24, 2009

• #4

Dude. Even *I* don't know my model numbers off of the top of my head. LOL Honestly, I'd still have to flip the seats around to find them half the time. But I also deal with a LOT of seats, so I'm often confused by who puts what where.

Congrats! Do you feel it was a good check? They took the seat out, looked it over, checked it for recalls, then made sure you knew how to install it yourself?

Wendy

 

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peteetchou

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• Apr 24, 2009

• #5

She looked at them with the kids in them first. She didn't take the seats all the way out, but she loosened the latch straps and got the manufacture dates, asked me the history of the seats and the height and weight of my kiddos. She told me how they are recommending you fasten the seatbelt behind the car seat and lock the retractor if you're using a latch install because some kid got ahold of a seatbelt and wrapped it around his neck once. I hadn't heard that before but it made sense. She had a list of recalled seats with her that she checked.

I told her about the issue with the Scenera harness catching on the plastic spikes and abrading the harness and that I had the new sturdier harness from the manufacturer already (which I hate btw because it's VERY stiff and I have to tighten it by having one hand on the back of the seat pulling the harness tight and the other hand pulling the tightener) and she said she remembered hearing about that.

She retightened the Nautilus but I retightened the Scenera. Nobody in the family but me is allowed to touch the seats in our car lol.

 

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Unregistered1

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• Apr 24, 2009

• #6

Sounds like a pretty good check! The seat belt fastening and the scenera issue were both in this month's Safe Ride News, even though I already knew about them from here... but not things that I hear most techs off this board talking about, so it sounds like your tech was pretty well informed. I'm glad you did so well

 

Judi

CPST/Firefighter

• Apr 24, 2009

• #7

Was this in Portland?

 

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peteetchou

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• Apr 24, 2009

• #8

It was at the Cornelius Fred Meyer

 

scatterbunny

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• Apr 24, 2009

• #9

That's awesome!

 

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Maedze

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• Apr 25, 2009

• #10

You know your model numbers?!?!?!?

 

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peteetchou

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• Apr 25, 2009

• #11

Maedze said:

You know your model numbers?!?!?!?

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Yeah I also have a pdf file of the manual for the Nautilus in case I can't find my manual. I can't seem to get the manual for the Scenera to work on the DJGUSA site so if anyone has a pdf file of that I'd love to get a copy.

 

Andie

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• Apr 25, 2009

• #12

peteetchou said:

Yeah I also have a pdf file of the manual for the Nautilus in case I can't find my manual. I can't seem to get the manual for the Scenera to work on the DJGUSA site so if anyone has a pdf file of that I'd love to get a copy.

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I save the PDF manuals of my seats too. I have the Scenera one. I can email it to you if you like.

Glad it was a good check!

 

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peteetchou

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• Apr 25, 2009

• #13

That would be great! Thanks!

 

sunnyflower417

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• Apr 25, 2009

• #14

My first check I went to was HORRIBLE! My kids left worse off than they came in. Sounds like yours went great! Good for you!!

 

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peteetchou

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• Apr 25, 2009

• #15

Yeah it was neat to watch. There was this woman with 6 kids in a van (all fighting with each other from what I overheard lol) and her van had pro-life bumper stickers all over the back. She had 35 lb kids in boosters :thumbsdown: and refused to buy any of the scenera's they had for sale at the check (they were cheap too!). I guess for her pro-life ends once the kid's born.

 

Babywearing Meghan

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• Apr 25, 2009

• #16

Maedze said:

You know your model numbers?!?!?!?

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lol I am a car seat maniac and seriously I do not know my model numbers either lol.

 

Judi

CPST/Firefighter

• Apr 25, 2009

• #17

peteetchou said:

I guess for her pro-life ends once the kid's born.

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:ROTFLMAO:

 

Babywearing Meghan

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• Apr 25, 2009

• #18

peteetchou said:

Yeah it was neat to watch. There was this woman with 6 kids in a van (all fighting with each other from what I overheard lol) and her van had pro-life bumper stickers all over the back. She had 35 lb kids in boosters :thumbsdown: and refused to buy any of the scenera's they had for sale at the check (they were cheap too!). I guess for her pro-life ends once the kid's born.

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AUGH I hate that.. there is this woman with tons of prolife bumperstickers on her car, in my town, who doesnt have any kids, who always steals the baby program parking at shaws... goes to show how much she cares about babies once they are born. I ALWAYS stick one of my car seat manuals on her dashboard. (the ones where you got 100 free)

I can't wait till I am a tech and I can refuse to let people leave with their kids in seats that are expired and 2 year olds in backless boosters... forward facing infant seats.. augh!

 

wendytthomas

Admin - CPST Instructor

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• Apr 25, 2009

• #19

Babywearing Meghan said:

I can't wait till I am a tech and I can refuse to let people leave with their kids in seats that are expired and 2 year olds in backless boosters... forward facing infant seats.. augh!

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What right do you have to detain them? At our check for our class, in front of her students, our instructor let an 11 month old leave forward facing. Illegal (there were police in the class) and unsafe. And yet the parents weren't going to budge on rear facing. She can't detain them or refuse to let them leave. She can't take their seat away.

If there was a forward facing infant seat and the parents refused to listen I would write it down, write it down, write it down, and not touch it. They can put it back in and drive away. Their signature or initials would be on the paperwork, as well as my documentation.

Now if I was a cop who was also a technician then yes, I could do something (provided the two year old was actually breaking the law. There are backless boosters out there that say one year and 30 pounds, and if you're in a proper use clause state then it's legal). But for those of us who aren't, then we just educate the parents as best we can, then walk away and hope for the best.

Wendy